Drawing on walls

Antonia - posted on 05/29/2010
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Does anybody have a 5 yr old who still draws all over the walls? My daughter does and I have no idea why. She knows better, but yet she still does it. It really upsets me. I have put her in timeout, spanked her and grounded her from the computer. What else can I do??

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Comet and a damp cloth also work....don't scrub too hard! I just found that Magic Erasers are expensive and I have a house cleaning company so we need to keep costs down....Comet or any other type of cream cleanser!

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Demi - posted on 12/31/2014

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Consequences help. It makes wanting to draw on the walls less wanted. Taking away the object used to draw with for a few days. Making them clean the object or help you, if it's not possible this means no new toys until it is payed for or painted over.

I think consequence will work. Taking away the object used to draw with for a few days. Making them clean the object or help you, if it's not possible this means no new toys until it is payed for or painted over.

two words. Magic Eraserit's Amazing- it'll take everything off!And I agree that she should be the one who has to clean the walls off- it will help her to understand the consequences. But for the root of the problem- Does she have access to books and blank paper so she doesn't use the walls? Maybe if she had an easel that would help- she may want to draw Big pictures? :)

My youngest (pictured in my profile) is the same if I am out of the room even for a minute she will manage to draw on the walls, floor, herself...generally whatever she can. What I do now is to start with I have brought washable textas that not only come out of clothes but will also come off walls. My girls art and craft stuff is always kept up away from them and they know that they are to sit and stay seated at the table and once they get up and start trying to move around the house with the textas they get packed away. When my youngest (2 years) does manage to draw on something I pack up her drawing stuff and she is made to wipe down where ever she has drawn. Good luck =)

I would take all the crayons away and tell her that she can have them again when she's a big girl and can stop coloring on the wall. Also use the magic eraser to get the crayons off the wall. My friend's sons have colored on the walls and she said that's the only thing she found that works.

When my kids (5yo and 3 yo) went through the phase of coloring on the walls, I had them help me clean it up. It only took a couple times of that (and keeping the crayons where they have to ask to use them) and they don't color on the walls any more.

My almost 3 year old is a creative one like that. You can try taking all writing materials away during unsupervised play time. My son is allowed to draw with markers or crayons only when I or his father are in the room with him. Up until recently he had a chalk board in his room so he was allowed to have chalk, which rubs right off the walls anyway.

Stress that crayons, markers, pencils, and pens are only for paper. Put a white board or large paper on the wall at her level and emphasize that she may only color where that white board/ paper is. Use Magic Erase sponges to wash marks off walls. If you still find a lot of marks, I agree with Dana -- don't let her color or draw (until you feel like trying to trust her). She will eventually mature and outgrow it.

Haha! About the paint.....I just repainted my house also! My daughter is coming up on 21 months so we decided to get the really good paint specifically designed to not show wash streaks....it's wonderful!

Thanks! @ Nicole.. our apartment walls are painted with cheap as can be paint, so if you try to wash it off with anything, even water, it leaves ugly ugly stains on them. I just need to get some paint and repaint.